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SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS WASHINGTON NEWS D
WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1947
15 Nations Meet
To Plan Census
Of Hemisphere
22 Countries to Join
In 1950 Tabulation
Of Resources
Led by statistical experts from 15
of the 22 nations of the Western
Hemisphere, a committee of the
Inter-American Statistical Institute
this morning tackled the weighty
problem of planning a 1950 census
of the Americas.
Opening a six-day conference at
the Wardman Park Hotel, 65 dele
gates and observers started work on
a set of uniform standards to be
used by each nation in making the
first co-ordinated tabulation of hu
man and economic resources in
America.
All of those attending are chief
census statisticians of the various
countries and their aides, who will
be in charge of making the actual
count in the nations represented.
Representatives of the remaining
countries are expected in the next
few riavs.
Many Have Taken No Census.
Msmy American nations have never
taken a census. Others have taken
them at varying intervals while us
ing different methods for enumer
ating results. For example, status
of a divorced person differs in many
nations.
"Thus it can be seen,” said Newton
B. Knox, of the Bureau of Census
here, an aide at the conference,
"why it is important to set up uni
form standards so that results of
th< census in all nations will be
comparable.”
Outstanding figure at the session i
is Senator Area Parro of Peru, hon- J
orary chairman. Senator Parro, 46,!
is chairman of the United Nations
Committee on Population. An ex
pert on population statistics, he is a
former director of statistics of Peru
and is the Peruvian delegates to the
U. N. Social and Economic Council.
Dr. Dedrick Presides.
Dr. Calvert Dedrick of Washing
ton, co-ordinator of international
statistics for the Bureau of the
Census, is presiding over the ses
sions, which will continue with
technical discussions through this
wees.
Delegates were welcomed by Dr.
Halbert Dunn of Washington, sec
retary general of the Inter-Amer
ican Statistical Institute. Countries
already represented are Argentina,
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guat
emala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Para
qua, Peru, United States, Uruguay
and Venezuela.
* The sessions will precede the 55
nation International Statistical Con
ferences beginning Saturday.
Taking the lead is the United
States Census Bureau, with its
knowledge of statistics gathering
gaihed since the 1790 census. In
conjunction with the State Depart
ment's American republics program,
the bureau will arrange for an inter
change of technicians and know
ledge with other nations.
Task Will Be Great.
Surveying an area from Alaska
to Cape Horn will require visits
to great cities, isolated mining
camps, Indian villages in the Am
azon River valley and the sparsely
settled tundra encampments of the j
Par Northern Eskimos. Many points j
will be accessible only by horseback
or Dy toot.
The census is expected to measure
the Western Hemispher’s cultural
groups, literacy and educational
level, living standards and health,
agricultural resources, housing,, trade
and financial operations, and di
vision of labor by occupations.
The committee must reach agree
ment on what basic questions will be
asked, to satisfy all nations for their
own use as well as meet standards
for the international census.
Several specialized agencies of the
United Nations will have observers
at the meetings.
10 Groups Fail to Complete
Legislative Studies on Time
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va.. Sept. 2.—By;
orders of the General Assembly, yes- j
terday was the deadline for the filing!
of reports and recommendations cov
ering at least 10 legislative studies
And, as usual, not a single report
had been completed and sent to the
proper places by the various study
groups—most of them composed of.
or led by, members of the Assembly.
A'checkup showed that four spe
cial commissions, among them the
Governor’s Commission on Reor
ganization of the State Government,
are now technically delinquent in
their reports and that six studies by
the Virginia Advisory Legislative
Council, including an investigation
of public school problems, also have
let their deadline pass.
35 Maryland Teachers
Begin Driving Course
By tho Associated Pros*
TOWSON, Md., Sept. 2.—About 35
teachers from Maryland high
schools and colleges will participate
in an intensive, driver-training
course scheduled to start today at
the State Teachers’ College here.
What they'll learn in the five
day course will be passed on to
their students as part of a driver
safety program to be undertaken
by a number of free State schools.
The course is sponsored by the
Automobile Club of Maryland.
Sales Tax Collection
Ordered at Charity
Events in Maryland
By thi Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Sept. 2.—
Church bazaars and similar
events conducted for charitable
purposes must collect the State
sales tax on goods purchased,
State officials said yesterday.
“We don't like to collect a tax
on these charity enterprises,
but it's almost impossible to
draw a definite dividing line be
tween the small basaar and
some of the ‘borderline’ cases
that would try to get in under
the exemption,” one official ex
plained.
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NEW SCHOOLS TO BE READY SOON—This is the Richardson School, Fifty-third and Blaine
streets N.E. It will be a 16-room elementary school with an assembly hall-gymnasium, as well as
a lunchroom and playroom. It should be ready for pupils January 1.
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More nearly complete is the Slowe Elementary School, Fourteenth street and Jackson place
N.E. It should be ready in six weeks. The building will contain four classrooms with space for
another four on the upper floor when conditions warrant. It also will have a lunchroom and a
playroom. —Star Staff Photos.
Two Boys, 1T, Admit
Stealing 15 Cars in
3 Weeks, Police Say
Two 17-year-old boys, arrested
yesterday while breaking into a
house in the 3300 block of Fessen
den street N.W., have admitted
stealing 15 new automobiles in the
last three weeks, police reported
today.
Detective Sergts. John Williams
and Charles Smith of the auto squad
recognized the two when they ap
peared in a police lineup last night
on the housebreaking charges. After
they had been questioned for nearly
three hours, police said, the youths
admitted the auto thefts, saying
they had used the cars to take girl
irienas riaing.
Both boys are students at Central
High School. Police said the father
of one operates a beauty shop and
the father of the other is manager
of a 5 and 10 cent store.
The beys took members of the
auto squad to three of the cars they
had stolen, police said, adding that
the others had been recovered pre
viously.
The boys were arrested early yes
terday after they had entered the
house of Francis Lucid, 3300 Fessen
den street N.W., by means of a lad
der. Neighbors who knew the occu
pants were away notified the police.
They also were charged with en
tering the home Theodore P.
Smyrnas in the 4300 block of Forty
seventh street N.W. Mr. Smymas
had reported the loss of $51 in cash,
a ruby watch valued at $1,000 and
another watch valued at $150. The
thieves entered the Smyrnas home
through a second-story bedroom
window from a ladder.
The boys are being held at the
receiving home, where they are also
being questioned about a safe rob
bery in the eighth precinct last
week, police said. They were to be
charged with the auto thefts this
morning.
De Molay Election Ends
Session in Hagerstown
By th« Associated Press
HAGERSTOWN, Md., Sept. 2.—
About 250 delegates from Order of
De Molay chapter in Maryland and
Baltimore closed their 11th annual
conclave yesterday with election of
officers. ’
Among speakers who appeared at
the two-dav session were Repre
sentative Beall, Republican, of
Maryland, and Egil Steen, senior
deacon of the grand council, Order
of Demolay.
Newly elected officers include:
State master councilor, Loma
Allen, jr., Anacostia; junior coun
cilor, John Marx, Hyattsville: senior
deacon, Edward Leakins, Belvidere;
junior deacon. Monroe Gaither,
Frederick; senior steward, Luther
Sies, Westminster; junior steward,
James Moon, Cumberland; chap
lain, Robtert Allen, Washington;
standard bearer, Franklin Maule,
Glen Burnie; sergeant-at-arms,
Frank Hayden, Silver Spring; mar
shal, Louis Stevens, Annapolis; sen
tinel, Robert Downin, Hagerstown;
secretary, Charles Schultz, Balti
more and treasurer, Raymond Reno,
Hyattsville.
Virginia rosrmasrers •
Convene Tomorrow
Sy the Associated Press
ROANOKE. Va„ Sept. 2.—Several
out-of-the-State speakers will ad
dress the Virginia Chapter, National
Association of Postmasters when it
meets at the Chamberlain Hotel,
Oifi Point Comfort tomorrow and
Thursday, President Charles W.
Crush of Christiansburg has an
nounced.
Miss Pearl Linville of Oak Ridge.
N. C., vice president of the national
•Association, and Wrightson Cham
bers of Washington, D. C., super
intendent of the Engineering and
Research Division, Postoffice De
partment, will start oil the list of
speakers at the opening session.
Also scheduled to speak is Senator
Robertson, Democrat, of Virginia.
Harrisonburg Boy, 14,
Killed in Jeep Crash
By th* Associated Press
HARRISONBURG, Va„ Sept. 2.
—Charles D. Grandle, 14-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gran
dle of Harrisonburg, was killed
last night when the jeep in which
he was riding overturned.
Young Grandle died en route to
the hospital. A companion, Dewitt
Clinton Devier, 17, also of Har
risonburg, was slightly injured.
F. E. Rush Named to Post
University of Maryland officials
announced today that Floyd E.
Rush, for 18 years manager of the
Hotel Washington, has been named
manager of the university dining
hall. Mr. Rush lives in Baltimore.
Firemen to Hold Carnival
The Silver Hill (Md.) Volunteer
Fire Department will hold its annual
carnival and fall festival at the
firehouse grounds for eight days,
starting Friday. ,
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Nebraska Police Still
Seeking Solution in
May Murder Probe
Police reported in Omaha today
they are still far from solving the
murder of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.
May, 2d, of Parkfairfax, near the Ne
braska city last Thursday.
Douglas County Deputy Sheriff
Hugh Cutler said the latest clue—
two pairs of trousers with rust
colored stains—had no connection
with the case. Analysis showed the
stains were not blood. The trousers
were found about four blocks from
the alley in which the Mays’ blood
spattered car was located, he said.
“Lots of tips are coming in every
day," Deputy Sheriff Cutler said.
“We're trying to handle them all.
But there's nothing definite today.
The investigation is going on from
many angles but we have no new
suspects at this time.”
Mr. and Mrs. May were shot and
killed when returning from a visit
to. Colorado. Their bodies were
found in a clump of bushes several
miles west of Omaha. Their auto
mobile was found in Omaha several
hours later.
Mr. May was a member of the
family operating the Alexandria,
Barcroft & Washington bus line.
Both he and his wife were former
employes of the company.
Their funeral was held yesterday,
with burial in Mount Comfort Cem
etery at Alexandria.
Omaha police, Douglas County
authorities and Nebraska State
police are conducting an investiga
tion. Rewards have been offered by
the Omaha World-Herald and oth-'
ers. This has resulted in numerous
tips and prospective clues, many of
which have been conflicting, Deputy
Sheriff Cutler said.
“We are still working on many
angles of our own and a break could
oAma rtf onu fimo ” Vi a aririoH
Cook Found Dead at Home
After Sleeping Tablet Dose
Sigmund Sichel, 39, former re
search worker with the Civil Aero
nautics Administration and Justice
Department, was found dead last
night at his home, 4630 Green place
N.W., by his mother, Mrs. Matilda
Sichel of the same address.
Mr. Sichel is believed to have
emptied the contents of 50 sleeping
capsules into a glass and swallowed
the 125-grain dose, according to
Deputy Coroner Christopher J.
Murphy. An autopsy will be held
today.
At the time of his death Mr.
Sichel was a cook at the Statler
Hotel.
He was born in Germany and his
mother said that he at one time was
a professor of international law
there. He came to the United
States about 10 years ago, his
mother said. He spoke five lan
guages fluently, she said, and during
the war he was an interpreter with
the Army Air Forces.
Mr. Sichel was pronounced dead
at 6 p.m. last night at Emergency
riospiiai oy a stun puyaiviaii.
Pupils' Exhibit of Art
Open Today in Alexandria
Pupils of the Fairfax-Gilpin
House Studio of Fine Arts will
exhibit paintings at the Alexandria
Library, 1717 Queen street, begin
ning today through September 13.
The exhibit will be open daily from
9 a.m. to 9 pjn.
Exhibitors include Joanne Ander
son, 10 years old; Jule Ann Arbo
gast, 11; Caroline Carr, 10; Paul
Davis, 12; Eileen Ferrell, 10; Sally
Beth Harris, 13; John Michael Har
rison, 8; Carwin Kemper, 8; "Jane
Longanecker, 12; Page Martin, 9,
Carl Nattania, 11.
Also, Harrison McConnell, 11;
Julia Porterfield, 13; Marcia Por»
terfleld, 10; June Roberts, 10;
Mary Ruffner, 16; Mildred Tyler
Rupley, 9; Ruth Ann Seabright 10;
Sarah Shelhorse, 8 Jessie Trumbo,
19; Harold Weston, 12; Robert
Wheeler, 11; Charlie Bob Woollum,
8; Constance Ehrsam, 13, and Jeane
TP DAKartr toorher
James A. Fowler Named
To Post in Philadelphia
James A. Fowler, 29 West Irving
street, Chevy Chase. Md., has been
appointed director of the education
department at the Academy of
Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,
Charles M. B. Cadwalader, academy
president, announced yesterday.
Mr. Fowler, a native of Maine and
a graduate of George Washington
University, has been a part-time
biology instructor at George Wash
ington and a full-time teacher in
the same subject at Sidwell Friends
School here.
Body Washed Ashore
The body of Richard G. Pace, 27,
of the 2788 block of Hamlin street
ND„ who drowned while fishing
near Chesapeake Beach Saturday,
was washed ashore near the scene of
the accident yesterday, State police
reported.
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Psychiatrists Say Sex Offenses
Can Impair Futures of V'dims
■
Two leading psychiatrists agreed
today that sex offenses against chil
dren classed as minor under District
laws can affect a child’s mind se
verely enough to impair the child’s
chances of a happy life.
Both Dr. Winfred Overholser,
superintendent of St. Elizabeths
Hospital, and Dr. Sidney Berman,
director of the Institute of Mental
Hygiene, cited cases where adults
are still suffering the effects of a
childhood experience.
“Attacks of this sort are often
permanent in their results," Dr.
Overholser declared. “Psychiatrists
not infrequently find cases where
the effects of attacks have impaired
the whole future development of the
victim or else remained in the un
conscious to crop out later in the
form of painful symptoms in the
course of mental illnesses.”
Parents Given Warning.
Dr. Berman emphasized that un
less parents control their own feel
ings of mental anguish after a child
has suffered such an ^experience,
the "child’s emotional development
can be distorted to affect the child’s
future happiness.”
Experiences with these offenders,
Dr. Berman said, are so potentially
harmful to the young victims that
both the child and its parents should
have psychological guidance to
minimize the emotional damage of
the eDisode.
Offenses against children, short of
rape and hard-to-prove sodomy, are
now classed as misdemeanors pun
ishable by short jail terms or light
fines under District Laws. The United
State's Attorney’s office is now
working on a statute which would
carry severe penalties for persons
molesting children.
Committee to Meet.
A special District Bar Association
committee, established to assist in
the drafting of a stronger law deal
ing with sex offenders, will hold its
first meeting tomorrow at 2 p.m. in
the bar association office at 1331 G
street N.W.
"What are now considered minor
offenses,” commented Dr. Berman,
“can be major offenses in their
damaging effect on a child.”
He cited the case of a 37-year-old
woman who came to the institute
45,CJ Jam Grounds
At Timonium Fair:
Cattle Judging Begins
By the Associated Press
TIMONIUM, Md., Sept. 2.—Judg
ing of cattle started at the State
Fair today after 45,000 persons
jammed the grounds to view the ex
hibits as they went on display
yesterday.
Matt Daiger, preslGent of the
State Agricultural Society and fair,
had prepared for the crowds by in
stalling a new entrance 09 York
road, and adding 50 acres of park
ing space near the grounds. There
were 30 acres of space' for cars in
side the grounds. All of it was used.
The visitors flecked into the many
exhibition halls where prize live
stock, farm and garden produce and
handiwork will be on display until
September 11.
About 15,000 of the visitors crowd
ed around the half-mile track for
the first of a 10-day horse race
meeting.
The farm competition started yes
terday with 16 county 4-H Club
judging teams vying for the right
to represent the State at the inter
national livestock show in Chicago.
The first day’s livestock judging
was devoted principally to Maryland
entries. Before the fair closes on
September 11, the best from 23
States will be exhibited.
The Holstein breeds monopolized
the opening contests and McKen
dree Walker & Sons of Gaithers
burg carried off the bulk of honors.
Its entries were crowned grand
champion and junior champion and
best in three other classes.
William Page of Buckeystown had
three winners in the percheron draft
horse competition, but the senior
champion and grand champion
stallion was entered by Warren
Howes of Gaithersburg.
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Holds Burglary Suspect
Court testimony that the right
sock of a burglary suspect yielded
two rings, a wrist watch, a fountain
pen and a necklace, wa£ enough to
hold the man yesterday for grand
jury action on a housebreaking
charge.
The complainant. Lottie Q. Rob
erts, a tenant of the Logan Hotel,
29 Logan Circle N.W., testified she
missed the jewelry from her first
floor room early Sunday.
She said she noticed the defend
ant, John Giles. 33, colored, leaving
a room across the hall a few min
utes after the theft and followed
him to the lobby where he was cap
tured.
Giles, who lives in the ^000 block
of Tenth street N.W., was placed
under $1,000 bond after pleading not
guilty.
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complaining of sleeplessness and
disturbing dreams. She wanted a
home and family but she uncon
sciously moved away from all social
contacts that might lead to mar
riage. Her circle of friends con
sisted of unmarried women just jis
unhappy as she was. >
Dr. Berman discovered that when
she was 5 years old she was the
victim in an indecent exposure case.
He explained that she could not
bring herself to marriage because
the childhood incident had perma
nently implanted itself in her mind
and gives her a fear of marital ex
Example Is Offered.
He also told the story of an at
tractive teen-age girl twice subjected
to indecent exposure before she was
10 years old. Her parents brought
her to the institute because she was
given to unexplainable tears and
obviously withdrew from the normal
experiences of adolescents. She
didn’t go to dances or football games
and was sensitive around the other
young people, particularly when
girls gossipped ' about dates. Dr.
Berman blamed her difficulties on
the two childhood shocks.
The psychiatrist said that fre
quently girls after such experiences
question the wisdom of their par
ents’ moral values. He explained
that parents may give their chil;
dren the proper perspective on phy
siology, taking the attiude that sex
is a normal and happy part of one’s
adult life. Then, he said, the child
is subjected to a sordid experience
which leads the child to doubt its
parents and develop abnormal fears.
Dr. Overholster reported several
cases at St. Elizabeths Hospital,
where men who had developed men
tal illnesses suffered hallucinations
in which they relived attacks made
upon them when they were small
boys. These cases, he said, demon
strated that an experience of this
kind cannot be forgotten, but re
mains as a factor in the uncon
scious and crops up under stress.
Far from being minor in their
effects, he said, episodes of this
kind can result in twisted attitudes
toward normal social relations and
at the bottom of "a good many
neuroses and some psychoses.”
Corpl. Tierney
Of Park Police
Retires at 62
More than 29 years' service as a
member of the United States park
police ended yesterday for Corpl.
Patrick J. Tierney, 62, of 1360 East
Capitol street.
A member of the force since May,
1918, Corpl. Tierney retired in a
ceremony at the park police squad
room witnessed by members of his
family and fellow police officers. He
received two traveling bags and a
wrist watch as gifts.
Corpl. Tierney came to Washing
ton in 1902 and was in business for
himself until he joined the park
police. He is a native of Ireland,
j He is a member of the Knights of
! Columbus and of Holy Comforter
I Church.
Two park police were promoted in
other ceremonies yesterday. Sergt.
Robert G. Thompson, 51, of 2325
Bellview avenue, Cheverly, Md„ was
raised to the rank of lieutenant and
Corpl. Bernard J. Beckman, 47, of
4510 Fifth street N.W. was promoted
to sergeant.
Oyster Tonging Season
Opens; Prospects 'Fair'
ly the Associated Press
CRISFIELD, Met., Sept. 2.—Mary
land’s oyster-tonging season opened
yesterday with prospects reported
from “fair to good” in most areas.
Somerset County, a center of
Chesapeake Bay oystering, will hot
open its tonging until September 15.
The go-ahead for dredging opera
tions in the bay will be given No
vember 1.
Numerous packing houses are
ready to process the season’s catch.
In the past few weeks they have
been completing their annual reno
vations.
Oystermen said indications point
ed to a generally poor dredging
season.
130*Bahamian Workers
Released in Virginia
ly th« Awociat«d Pr«i
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Sept.
2.—One hundred and thirty Ba
hamian laborers were released as
surplus in the Crozet area two
weeks before their contract with
the Albemarle Fruit Growers’ Co
operative was due to expire.
Brought to the White Hall labor
camp August 12 to bolster the
Crozet area’s labor supply during
the peach harvest, the laborers were
declared surplus by the district
labor office of the Agriculture De
partment. County Agent T. O.
Scott requested the action when he
found the fruit growers were hav
ing to “make work’’ for the Ba
hamians.
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D. C. Returns to Work
As Cooling Breeze
Drops Temperature
A cooling breeze helped holiday
worn Washington residents trudge
back to work today after a Labor
Day week end almost free from the
heavy toll of casualties which pre
vailed in other sections of the
country.
The Weather Bureau predicted,
however, that t£ie day would be
warm and humid, and said the
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2,171 Visitors lour
Newly Painted Rooms
Of White House
The White House counted
2,171 visitors today when the
lower floor "state” rooms were
opened to the public for the
first time in a month.
The Executive Mansion was
closed to the public during
August while repairs and re
furbishing went on.
Visitors today saw freshly
decorated parlors, with new
paint and new draperies and
the lighting fixtures polished
to a shining brilliance.
Visitors now are welcomed
to the public rooms in the
White House between the hours
of 10 a.m. and noon Tuesdays
through Friday. The total of
2,171 visitors today was said
to be about average for the sum
mer months As many as 6,000
have been admitted on peak
days. - - -
gentle breeze “actually made It seem
much cooler than It is—the humid
ity is still high.”
The temperature Is expected to
drop slightly under 70 degrees, the
Weather Bureau said. Tomorrow
will be sunny and dry.
Despite traffic-lined highways, nc
fatal automobile accidents were re
ported Sunday or Monday in the
Metropolitan Area. Police did not
have much more than the usual
number of week-end minor acci
dents.
Union Station, National Airport
and all highways leading into the
city were jammed yesterday after
noon as thousands returned from
trips to home towns, beach and
mountain resorts.
The city was not deserted over
the week end, however, since thou
sands of tourists poured in. Parks
and public buildings were crowded.
Parked automobiles of holiday
visitors netted thieves a total oi
$315 in loot, police sa,id.
Man Arrested in Death
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By tha Associated Prats
HAGERSTOWN, Md„ Sept. 2 —
Sheriff Joseph D. Baker Teported
today that Gerald Theodore Mentzer.
about 25, of Warfordsburg, Pa„ had
been arrested in connection With the
death of an infant whose body was
found August 2 in a shoe box along
the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal near
Hancock. *
Dorothy McCarty, 21, of Hancock,
was arraigned August 8 on charges
of causing the child’s death and was
held without bond for action of the
November grand jury.
Mr. Baker said Miss McCarty first
told authorities she was the mother
of the baby and disposed of it after
Mentzer refused to marry her until
she “got rid of it.”
She later denied this account, Mr.
Baker said, and Mentzer was ar
rested.
The sheriff said Mentzer will be
given a hearing this week, and Miss
McCarty will be held as a material
witness.
Kirchner Named Head
Of Apprentice Training
By lha A>*ociatad Prats
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 2—J.
Fred Kirchner, 32, of Alexandria
today was the new director of ap
prenticeship training in Virginia.
Appointment of the former fac
tory inspector for the State Depart
ment of Labor and Industry—a post
he had held five years—was an
nounced yesterday by John Hop
kins Hall, State commissioner of
labor and industry.
Mr. Kirchner succeeds Robert
Wilson, who resigned several months
ago to join the staff of the State's
vocational education school in for
mer quarters of Woodrow Wilson
General Hospital.
Princess Anne College
Head Is Appointed
By the Associated Press
Dr. John T. Williams, dean of
Kentucky State College for the last
10 years, has been appointed ad
ministrative head of Princess Anne
College, Dr. H. C. Byrd, president
of the University of Maryland, an
nounced yesterday.
Dr. Williams has been on the Ken
tucky State faculty for 19 years,
going there as head football coach
and director of athletics.
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District to Open Bids
For Retaining Walls
At Klingle Bridge
District officials tomorow will open
bids for construction of retaining
walls along the approaches to the
Klingle road bridge across Rock
Creek. Thursday they expect to ad
vertise for bids to build the long
delayed superstructure for the South
Capitol street bridge.
Highway Director H. C. White
hurst said he hoped the work on
the Klingle bridge would be com
pleted in October. It will open an
expeditious traffic route across Rock
Creek Park, the old bridge which it
replaces having been dangerously
noirnnr fnr hnccc
Shortages and the high cost of
structural steel have retarded work
on both these bridges. The Klingle
Bridge has been delayed at least
two months, it was reported, because
of difficulty in obtaining outside
steel girders which will carry the
guard rail.
Excessive costs of material have
held up the South Capitol Street
Bridge since early winter. The $2,
487.590 substructure was completed
last January. In November the Dis
trict turned down the lowest bid of
$2,123,354 for construction of the
superstructure.
Mr. Whitehurst now believes the
District has sufficient funds for che
work and is calling for new bids.
Newell Won't Run Again
For Federation President
Clifford H. Newell announced to
day he would not seek renomination
as president of the Federation of
Citizens’ Associations at the annual
meeting in Octo
ber.
Mr. Newell,
long active in
Federation af
fairs as a dele
gate from the
Arkansas Avenue
Community Cit
izens' Associa
tion, said his de
cision was forced
by the pressure
of business. He
stated he would
continue to be
| active in the or
Mr. Newell. ganization as a
delegate from the Arkansas Avenue
Association, which he help organize
about 1939.
The retiring president was a strong
advocate of suffrage for the District
and worked toward that end during
his year as head of the Federation.
Mr. Newell lives at 1303 Delafleld
place N.W.
D. C. Boys' Club Band
Plans La Plata Concert
Special Dispatch to The Star
LA PLATA, Md„ Sept. 1—The
Washington Boys' Club 45-piece
band will give a concert Thursday
at 8:30 p.m. in La Plata High
School Auditorium for the benefit
of Physicians’ Memorial Hospital.
Andrew B. Boonar, band leader,
said band members hat* volunteered
the concert in appreciation of cour
tesies extended by the hospital staff
at the band’s annual encampment
at Camp Reeder, near Mount Vic
toria.
Stafford County Church
To Mark Homecoming
Aquia Episcopal Church, Stafford
County, Va„ will observe homecom
ing day Sunday when the Right Rev.
Frederick D. Goodwin, Bishop of
Virginia, will preach and admin
ister the rite of confirmation at
11 a.m.
The Aquia Church' Association,
organized to preserve the church,
which was built in 1751, will hold
its annual meeting at 2 p.m.
THE WASHINGTON HEBREW CONGREGATION
THE TEMPLE OF REFORM JUDAISM
FOUNDED 1852
MINISTER:
RABBI NORMAN GERSTENFELD
WILL HOLD ITS COMING
HIGH HOLYDAY SERVICES
Beginning Sunday Evening, September 14th
AT
CONSTITUTION HALL
A Limited Number of Memberships ond Seors Are Now Available.
Applications must be made IN PERSON at the Temple Office
822 Eighth Street NW, any weekday from ten to five.
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RobberySuspect
Caught Fleeing
With $2,685 Loot
Trail of Blood Leads
To Another Held in
Store Window Theft
Two robbery suspects, one cap
tured by police while fleeing with
$2,685, and another who left a trail
of blood which led to his arrest,
were in police hands today.
Robert James Sowell,. 19, whose
address police were unable to deter
mine, was to be charged today with
the robbery last night of the Mas
ters liquor store at 714 K street N.W.
According to police, a bandit
armed with a short-barreled re
volver walked into the store about 7
pjn. and ordered the owner, Louis
Deckelbaum. 35. of 9302 St. Andrews
way, Silver Spring, to open the safe
and put its contents into a bag.
When a customer, Michael Mc
Nalley, 714 K street N.W., entered,
the holdup man forced both men to
lie down in a- back room, they told
police.
As the man ran with $2,685 loot
in cash and checks, Mr. Decklebaum
fired two shots at him. Both missed.
The shots attracted the attention
of two passing scout car policemen
who captured the suspect after a
short chase. He was carrying the
bag of money, police reported.
Face Slightly Blackened.
Pnliro cairl firttiroll InlH tVwsm h*
had been arrested June 5 in El
Paso, Tex,, on a violation of the
National Vehicle Theft Act but had
jumped $1,000 bond in that case.
He said he had also been AWOL
from Army posts in Louisiana and
Georgia, according to police.
Police said the suspect’s face and
hair had been slightly blackened
with burned cork.
The suspect in the blood-trail
case was listed as Anthony Petrillo,
36, of 925 Potomac #venue S.W.
He was charged with grand larceny
and housebreaking.
Police reported that a scout car of
the First Precinct, answering a call
early today, found a smashed win
dow at the Scott Jewelry Store, 812
F street N.W.
Pvt. Alfred G. Fielder followed a
trail of blood next door and up a
flight of stairs to a second-floor
barbe| shop, where he found a key
in the door. Entering the shop, he
said he found Petrillo sitting in a
chair with a bleeding hand. The
man was arrested and police said
that three radios and six sets of
wedding bands, valued at $209,
which were taken from the window,
were recovered. He was employed
at the barber shop, police said.
The suspect told police he cut his
hand in breaking the window. He
was taken to Casualty Hospital
where four stitches were required to
close the wound.
Two Held on Suspicion.
Meanwhile, Gilbert John Foster,
36, a cripple who was caught twice
on Sunday near the scene of two
thefts, was awaiting grand Jury
action on a charge of housebreaking.
He was ordered held under $500 bond
after waiving preliminary hearing in
Municipal Court yesterday. Foster,
colored, lives in the 2400 block of
Seventeenth street N.W.
An Alexandria man who police
said was a known housebreaker and
his 22-year-old wife were held today
on suspicion in connection with a
Washington housebreaking last
night.
Augustus S. Hale of 3900 Univer
sity avenue N.W., told police that
when he came home last night he
found two men ransacking his
house. The men fled when they saw
him, he said, one jumping Qom a
second-story window.
Police from No. 0 precinct search
ing the neighborhood found the
woman sitting in a car parked in a
secluded spot. When she couldn't
explain her presence there she was
arrested on suspicion. Shortly after
ward the husband, 25, appeared at
the station house inquiring for his
wife and was also arrested on sus
picion. The investigation is con
tinuing today, police said.
First Precinct to Move
In Week, Barrett Says
Police Supt. Robert J. Bar
rett announced today that the
move of the first precinct to the
Municipal Center Building would
take place within a week.
Alterations at the Municipal Cen
ter have been completed, Maj. Bar
rett said, and the move awaits only
the completition of the telephone
switchboard. Police lineups for
suspects will be changed from 7 p.m.
to 8:45 a.m. daily after the move,
Maj. Barrett said.
Fifth Case of Polio
Reported in Arlington
Arlington’s fifth case of infantile
paralysis so |ar this year was re
ported by the County Health De
partment today.
The victim is a 10-year-old girl
who is being treated at her home
in the 3500 block of North Sixth
street, the health department said.
There have been no fatalities from
the disease this year.
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